The testing center was in Paris. There were like 5 proctors, but one king of the proctors. Think about what a Dwight Schrute/Bobby Knight hybrid would be like as a proctor. That was this guy. He LOVED his job.

This is actually pretty darn close to verbatim: (During the instructions) "Now, after I call the five minute warning, I want you all to anticipate me calling time. I will say either 'put your pencils down, or pencils down,' either way, as soon as you begin to hear a "p" sound, I want to hear the thunderous sound of pencils falling simultaneously. I'm not joking"

He was not joking.

Because of that diatribe, I took his word for it. I was wearing a 180 watch, so I had a pretty good idea of how much time was left, and I hastily finished bubbling in an answer I changed like 3 seconds prior to time. As soon as I looked back at my watch, he was just beginning his declaration, at which time I Gronk-spiked my pencil down so hard the lead broke. It's a good thing I did too, because one of the bullpen proctors was giving me the Texas-stare down.

Evidently, one girl took no such action, and was still scribbling in her book a few seconds after. All I heard was, "HEY, YOU!". He began screaming at this girl at the most inappropriate volume. He ran over to her desk, snatched her bubble sheet and book away, and began berating her. "DID YOU THINK I WAS KIDDING? DO YOU THINK THIS IS A JOKE? YOU ARE CHEATING, CHEATING!"

So she starts crying immediately. He goes back to his proctor stand, reads the brief instructions, and then starts section 2. Like 40 seconds later, he goes back to her and slams her materials down on her desk and says in a slightly lowered voice, "You can keep working, but I am making a report about this."

I can't imagine what was going through her head at that point. Not only did she lose like 45 seconds for section 2, she most likely had the imminent cancellation of her score floating around in her head for the next 4 sections.

For the record, this is written without any embellishment or hyperbole.

TL;DR: If you are taking the LSAT at the Paris center, don't bring any weak game into the class room.

Holy crap what a douchebag. I don't think his course of action could have possibly been sanctioned. Either take away her test for cheating or give her the full time each section, even with a renal warning that's fine.Crazy power trip.

Holynorth wrote:"When you're applying to a law school, they want you at the top of your class. So like, they'd rather have me at Texas Tech where I can get number one in my class rather than Harvard where I'd be at the bottom"

Holynorth wrote:"When you're applying to a law school, they want you at the top of your class. So like, they'd rather have me at Texas Tech where I can get number one in my class rather than Harvard where I'd be at the bottom"

Wow, someone gets it.

Though the logic is flawed....just take easy courses.

I definitely messed that quote up. Corrected it. It was supposed to be "When you're applying to a law school, consider that ...."

Guy: "I've been taking a lot of practice tests."Me: "How have they been going?"Guy: "Well I scored a 145 a couple weeks ago, the next test I took a week later I scored a 150. So I studied the same amount and figured I improved about five points per week so I'd be surprised if I score below a 165."

osubucknut wrote:Guy: "I've been taking a lot of practice tests."Me: "How have they been going?"Guy: "Well I scored a 145 a couple weeks ago, the next test I took a week later I scored a 150. So I studied the same amount and figured I improved about five points per week so I'd be surprised if I score below a 165."

osubucknut wrote:Guy: "I've been taking a lot of practice tests."Me: "How have they been going?"Guy: "Well I scored a 145 a couple weeks ago, the next test I took a week later I scored a 150. So I studied the same amount and figured I improved about five points per week so I'd be surprised if I score below a 165."

osubucknut wrote:Guy: "I've been taking a lot of practice tests."Me: "How have they been going?"Guy: "Well I scored a 145 a couple weeks ago, the next test I took a week later I scored a 150. So I studied the same amount and figured I improved about five points per week so I'd be surprised if I score below a 165."

One-eyed 61 year old man took it next to me today in a half buttoned Dickey's work shirt. Asked me "where I got the pencil from". Wanted to step outside during the 15 minute break to smoke a black and mild, and threatened to "send a letter to the BAR association, because they is treatin' us like prisoners!"

IvyLeagueRedneck wrote:One-eyed 61 year old man took it next to me today in a half buttoned Dickey's work shirt. Asked me "where I got the pencil from". Wanted to step outside during the 15 minute break to smoke a black and mild, and threatened to "send a letter to the BAR association, because they is treatin' us like prisoners!"